Christopher Storer

Christopher Storer (born July 5, 1981) is an American screenwriter, director, and producer. Having initially risen to prominence for his collaborations with comedian Bo Burnham, such as co-directing Burnham's comedy specials what. (2013) and Make Happy (2016) and producing Burnham's debut film Eighth Grade (2018), he became more widely known as the creator, co-showrunner, writer, and director of the comedy-drama series The Bear (2022–present), for which he has won four Primetime Emmy Awards. Description above from the Wikipedia article Christopher Storer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Works

The Bear

Carmy, a young fine-dining chef, comes home to Chicago to run his family sandwich shop. As he fights to transform the shop and himself, he works alongside a rough-around-the-edges crew that ultimately reveal themselves as his chosen family.

Release Date2022-06-23

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Episode Count46

Vote Count1790

Dickinson

Emily Dickinson. Poet. Daughter. Total rebel. In this coming-of-age story, Emily’s determined to become the world's greatest poet.

Release Date2019-11-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count2

Vote Count982

Gary

Two friends go on a work trip and encounter unexpected challenges and local personalities as they navigate their assignment. Their efforts to adapt to unfamiliar surroundings highlights moments of humor, small-town culture and the unpredictable nature of work travel. As they troubleshoot problems, their experience leaves a lasting impression and offers new perspectives on their friendship.

Release Date2026-05-05

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count42

Ramy

Ramy, the son of Egyptian immigrants, is on a spiritually conflicting journey in his New Jersey neighborhood, pulled between his Muslim community that thinks life is a constant test, his millennial friends who think life is full of endless possibilities, and a God who's always watching.

Release Date2019-04-19

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Episode Count20

Vote Count146

Outcome

Reef Hawk, Hollywood's poster child since age six, is not okay. When he learns about an extortion plot tied to a mysterious video, Reef preemptively sets out on a redemption tour to make amends, confront his demons, and avoid getting canceled.

Release Date2026-04-06

DepartmentCrew

JobThanks

Vote Count223

Little Voice

Meet Bess King, a uniquely talented performer struggling to fulfill her dreams while handling rejection, dating drama, and family issues. This is a story about finding your authentic voice—and the courage to use it.

Release Date2020-07-10

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count55

Y2K

Two high school nobodies make the decision to crash the last major celebration before the new millennium on New Year's Eve 1999. The night becomes even crazier than they could have ever dreamed when the clock strikes midnight.

Release Date2024-12-06

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count292

The Rental

Two couples on an oceanside getaway grow suspicious that the host of their seemingly perfect rental house may be spying on them. Before long, what should have been a celebratory weekend trip turns into something far more sinister.

Release Date2020-07-23

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count997

Eighth Grade

Thirteen-year-old Kayla endures the tidal wave of contemporary suburban adolescence as she makes her way through the last week of middle school — the end of her thus far disastrous eighth grade year — before she begins high school.

Release Date2018-01-19

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count1674

Ramy Youssef: In Love

In his third HBO special, Ramy Youssef approaches a vast spectrum of personal topics, including marriage, AI, and being a dog parent.

Release Date2026-04-17

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count1

The Comedy Lineup

A diverse group of up-and-coming comedians perform 15-minute sets in this stand-up comedy showcase series.

Release Date2018-07-03

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count16

Vote Count15

Bo Burnham: What.

Left brain and right brain duke it out and then belt out a tune in comedian Bo Burnham's quick and clever one-man show. As intelligent as he is lanky, Burnham cynically pokes at pop entertainment while offering unadulterated showmanship of his own.

Release Date2013-12-17

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count268

Chris Rock: Tamborine

Chris Rock takes the stage for his first comedy special in 10 years, filled with searing observations on fatherhood, infidelity and American politics.

Release Date2018-02-14

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count183

Mustache

It’s the mid-90’s in Northern California and 13-year-old Pakistani-American ILYAS is facing a major crisis — his parents yanked him out of his comfortable Islamic private school and now he has to face life at public school. Ilyas’ fears about joining public school are made worse by insecurities due to his inescapable, prepubescent MUSTACHE. Ilyas hatches a hilarious plan to return to his old school — but he must also learn to accept himself.

Release Date2023-03-12

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count2

On the Count of Three

Val has reached a place where he feels the only way out is to end things. But he considers himself a bit of a failure—his effectiveness lacking—so he figures he could use some help. As luck would have it, Val’s best friend, Kevin, is recovering from a failed suicide attempt, so he seems like the perfect partner for executing this double suicide plan. But before they go, they have some unfinished business to attend to.

Release Date2022-05-13

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count123

Bubble & Squeak

Accused of smuggling cabbages into a nation where cabbages are banned, Declan and Delores must confront the fragility of their new marriage while on the run for their lives.

Release Date2025-01-24

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Home Videos

Jerrod Carmichael explores aspects of the black experience through interviews with his family. In this special, Carmichael focuses on the strong black women in his life, returning home to North Carolina for informal, intimate conversations with his family and friends, who speak candidly about subjects such as sex, confidence, beauty standards and feminism.

Release Date2019-05-12

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count4

Hasan Minhaj: Homecoming King

Comic Hasan Minhaj of "The Daily Show" shares personal stories about racism, immigrant parents, prom night horrors and more in this stand-up special.

Release Date2017-05-23

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count155

Bo Burnham: Make Happy

Combining his trademark wit and self-deprecating humor with original music, Bo Burnham offers up his unique twist on life in this stand-up special about life, death, sexuality, hypocrisy, mental illness and Pringles cans.

Release Date2016-06-03

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count440

Ramy Youssef: More Feelings

Ramy Youssef reflects on issues big and small–from global events to his childhood book report to finding unity in our divided world.

Release Date2024-03-23

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count11

Adventures in the Sin Bin

Brian is a private school student who routinely lends his van out so fellow students can have sex in it. When he is invited to become friends with Tony, the school's big man on campus, he hopes to get some romantic pointers so that he might use his van himself with dream girl Suzie. Things become more complicated, however, when he discovers Tony is sleeping with Suzie himself.

Release Date2012-06-08

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count20

Worst Man

Follows a soon-to-be-married couple and the family dramatics that ensue just weeks before the wedding.

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

drew michael: red blue green

In this hilarious, confessional hour of stand-up, Drew Michael airs his issues with relationships, social media, and comedy as therapy.

Release Date2021-12-04

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count8

Gay Kid and Fat Chick

Two outsider teenagers create costumed alter egos to get revenge on the students who have bullied them in school.

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

The Lincoln Highway

After the death of their father, Emmett Watson and his little brother Billy go searching for a new home with dreams of finding their mother in California. However, they are forced to take a detour when Emmett’s friends escape from juvenile detention, appearing on his doorstep with plans of their own.

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Jerrod Carmichael: 8

Performing in the round and engaging audience members during his act, Carmichael addresses a wide range of subjects, including Trump’s victory, climate change, supporting the troops, animal rights, being a good boyfriend and his top four fears, as well as exploring larger themes like race, politics, love and family.

Release Date2017-03-11

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count23

Creature

Plot TBA.

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Drew Michael

Comedian Drew Michael is taking the stage and is holding nothing back in his first HBO stand-up special, in which he navigates his fears, anxieties and insecurities in an unconventional stand-up setting. Michael’s darkly comic, stream-of-consciousness monologue raises questions of identity, narrative, self-awareness and the limits of the medium itself.

Release Date2018-08-25

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count10

Sermon on the Mount

Jerrod Carmichael explores aspects of the black experience through interviews with his family in this HBO Special.

Release Date2019-06-30

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count3

Ramy Youssef: Feelings

In his first HBO stand-up comedy special, Ramy Youssef shares candid anecdotes about his life as an Egyptian-American comedian, writer, actor and director.

Release Date2019-06-29

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count19

Lil Rel Howery: Live in Crenshaw

Known for his well-crafted storytelling and hilarious impressions of the myriad characters he encounters in life, Lel Rel Howery draws on his personal experiences in his relatable, uproarious stand-up. Howery's HBO stand-up comedy debut was filmed before a live audience at Susan Miller Dorsey High School in Los Angeles.

Release Date2019-11-23

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count4

Dan Soder: Son of a Gary

Comedian and actor Dan Soder (Billions) brings his honest, insightful and infectious humor to his first HBO comedy special taped at The Bowery Ballroom in New York City. In Son of a Gary, Soder shares his down-to-earth approach to everything from drug dogs at the airport to fake fights in the shower and what it's like to have an alcoholic dad, but a fun one.

Release Date2019-12-07

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count5

Whitmer Thomas: The Golden One

Thomas reflects on his Alabama childhood and his identity as an “aging emo kid” in LA through stories and songs on topics like dating, drinking, family and his mom’s legacy.

Release Date2020-02-22

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count3

The Winter of Frankie Machine

Frank Machianno, aka Frankie Machine, is pulled back into a criminal life he already retired from when he finds himself caught in a double-cross between two rival syndicates.

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Jeff Garlin: Our Man in Chicago

Comedian Jeff Garlin (unintentionally) celebrates his 37th year of stand-up and shares his learnings on love, loss, success and food addiction.

Release Date2019-11-12

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count13

Kate Berlant: Cinnamon in the Wind

In her first live solo standup special, filmed in 2019, Kate Berlant performs an absurdist set, in an intimate space, shared not only with the audience but the mirror reflection of herself. Kate's special distorts audience's expectations to her comedy, while also exploring her clairvoyant connection to the crowd and her inability to stop performing.

Release Date2022-09-15

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count6